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FILE - This May 23, 2017 file photo shows GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, a medicine made from the marijuana plant but without THC. On Thursday, April 19, 2018, a panel of Food and Drug Administration health advisers recommended approval of the drug, moving the closely watched medication closer to the U.S. market. (AP Photo/Kathy Young, File)

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US experts back marijuana-based drug for childhood seizures

by Matthew Perrone AP Health WriterApril 19, 2018

Copies of the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey are photographed in Washington, Thursday, April 19, 2018. President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press. The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions that Comey had with Trump in the weeks before his May...

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Comey memo: Trump thought Flynn had ‘judgment issues’

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressApril 19, 2018

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, conducts combat airlift operations for U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria on April 13.

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After missile strikes, what next for US in Syria?

by Robert Burns AP National Security WriterApril 19, 2018

Outgoing President Raul Castro raises his arms in celebration after Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Castro passed Cuba's presidency to Diaz-Canel, putting the island's government in the hands of someone outside the Castro family for the first time in nearly six decades. He remains head of the powerful Communist Party that oversees political and social activities. (Adalberto Roque/Pool...

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Raul Castro retires as Cuba’s president

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, and Andrea Rodriguez Associated PressApril 19, 2018

Youssef Fadel at the 2017 Margarita Madness event in Amherst. The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce has removed promotional videos for the event this spring because some viewers found people in the videos wearing a straw hat and donning a sombrero offensive.

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Amherst chamber pulls Margarita Madness video promos some found offensive

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterApril 19, 2018

Frontier’s Jenna Martin clears the bar in the high jump against Monson, Thursday in South Deerfield.

High School & Youth

Thursday’s high schools: Frontier sprints past Monson, 95-50

by Staff Reports April 19, 2018

Nadia Alawa, founder and CEO of NuDay Syria, will speak at a local interfaith group event at Edwards Church on Sunday.

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Talk by leader of Syrian refugee group set for Sunday in Northampton

by Michael Connors For the GazetteApril 19, 2018

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., left, shown here in Sept. 26, 2017 with President Donald Trump, will deliver the Democratic response to Trump’s weekly radio address on Saturday.

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Neal to counter Trump’s radio address on tax cuts

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterApril 19, 2018

Zatyrka Park is shown Aug. 24, 2017 in Hadley. The third phase of renovations to the park is about to start.

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Renovations at Hadley’s Zatyrka Park to resume

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterApril 19, 2018

Hitchcock Brewing Company in Whately, which is owned by Rich and Geneva Pederson, is the newest brewery to open in Franklin County; behind the brewery, the couple grows about 850 hop plants, which they use in the beer.

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Whately brewing co. in the running for pouring permit

by Joshua Solomon For the GazetteApril 19, 2018